98 Quotes About Busyness

The busier you are, the more intentional you must be.

Those who suffer suffer because hurt people hurt people, and busy people let it happen. So am I going to be busy or am I going to be brave?

Full minds create chaos.

My temptation is to tackle everything at once, or nothing at all.

We overfill our lives, hoping more will make us feel like we are enough.

However, if I were to let my life be taken over by what is urgent, I might very well never get around to what is essential. It's so easy to spend your whole time being preoccupied with urgent matters and never starting to live, really live.

Nothing consumes time like nothing.

Busyness is not a reason for not getting other things done. It is an excuse for not claiming your true priorities.

But if the Busyness = Status equation works, it’s strictly because a social game has emerged wherein relatively privileged, educated people with all kinds of Choice disguise their decisions to be busy as manifestations of the universe’s insatiable demand for their particular prowess. And the rest of us agree to be impressed. It’s a stupid game. We can stop any time.